April 27, 2016 at 11:08The evolution of smartphones. Part 2: 2011 - 2015
In order to at least partially cover the evolution of smartphones from 1994 to 2010, two articles were needed - part 1 and part 1.1 . And about devices made from 2011 to 2015, you can write books.
In the comments, please share your memories and provide links to your own reviews.
If the article lacks a specific model, please write about it in the comments with the image. So we will make the “Evolution” more complete.
At the end of 2010, LG introduced the LG Optimus 2X, and in early 2011, it began selling this smartphone, a follower of the LG Optimus One. The model was the first smartphone with a dual-core processor - Tegra 2 with a frequency of 1 GHz. At the time of launch, it was the most powerful smartphone in the Russian market.
The device received 512 megabytes of RAM and 8 gigabytes of internal memory, as well as microSD support up to 32 gigabytes. The device screen is 4-inch with a resolution of 800x480 pixels. Camera - 8 megapixels with LED flash.
February 13, 2011 at the Mobile World Congress announced the Samsung Galaxy S II. The size of the display compared to its predecessor has increased - from 4 to 4.3 inches with a resolution of 800x480 pixels. The smartphone received a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor 1200 MHz, 1 gigabyte of RAM and 16 gigabytes of internal memory, as well as microSD support. Camera - 8 megapixels.
And not without jokes in the direction of Apple.
February 15, 2011 at the Mobile World Congress, HTC announced WIldfire S. This is a smartphone with 512 MB of RAM and 512 MB of flash memory, with support for memory cards up to 32 GB, a 3.2-inch TFT LCD display of 320x480 pixels, a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash. The device is equipped with Qualcomm 7227-1 600 MHz and an Adreno 200 video processor.
At the IFA in Berlin in September 2011, Samsung introduced the phablet (or cover, if you like) Galaxy Note. The diagonal of its SuperAMOLED screen is 5.3 inches, the resolution is 1280x800 pixels. The processor is a dual-core 1.4 GHz. The 8-megapixel camera can record Full HD video, recognizes a face and a smile, and has an LED flash. RAM - 1 GB, internal - 16 or 32 GB. And now the iron seems pretty decent.
And the device received the stylus S Pen, which is very important.
“Perhaps I will show myself to K.O., but while the smartphone fits into the front pockets and does not interfere with the owner, while it is convenient to hold it with one hand, I see no reason to limit the screen size. The larger it is, the more convenient it is to work on a smartphone, ” wrote the user Geektimes in the review .
And so Samsung joked with Apple with its lines. Apple fans watched this video and probably laughed at the S Pen, because the stylus is a stone age.
October 4, 2011 Apple introduced the iPhone 4S . The changes did not affect the design, but the device received a dual-core mobile processor A5. The gadget supports HSDPA + mobile transmission at speeds up to 14.4 megabits per second.
In April 2012, HTC began selling One V with a small 3.7-inch screen. This Android 4.0 smartphone had only 4 GB of internal memory and 512 RAM.
But now is not about that: pay attention to the back wall of the device, the insert at the bottom of the case and the oval around the camera at the top. The device inherited the curved body and inserts from its predecessor - HTC Legend.
February 27, 2012 HTC in Barcelona told One X - I think this is the best smartphone from this company. It was her first smartphone based on a quad-core processor, with Android 4.2.2 on board, the HTC Sense 5.0 interface. The phone had an 8-megapixel camera and software with a huge number of filters, allowing you to take great photos. RAM - 1 GB, and 32 GB - built-in, without microSD support. In the reviews of those years, the 4.7-inch display of the smartphone was called "large" and "huge."
LG was the first to launch a smartphone with a dual-core Tegra 2 processor, then the first to launch a smartphone with a quad-core processor and the first Android smartphone with a 3D display and a 3D camera. And in May 2012 - also the first smartphone with 2 gigabytes of RAM - the next few years, most of the expensive smartphones had just so much RAM.
On May 30, 2012, Lenovo introduced its first smartphone with an Intel processor. Lenovo LePhone K800 got a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, 4.5-inch screen, 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory, 8 MP main and 1.3 MP front cameras.
In September 2012, Apple showed the world an iPhone 5 with a 4-inch display. For the first time, Apple enlarged the screen - before that, the owners of apple smartphones were proud of “ideal proportions with a 3.5-inch display”, which allows you to reach your finger with one thumb to any edge. And now the iPhone has begun to support LTE. The review is on Geektimes .
HTC announced HTC First in April 2013. It was the first Android smartphone with an interface from Facebook instead of the usual HTC Sense shell manufacturer. The idea with the facebookphone failed - the AT&T operator sold about fifteen thousand gadgets and refused to renew the contract. The smartphone was sold in several colors. The ends of the device are rounded.
September 10, 2013 Apple introduced the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. Externally, the 5S is not much different from its predecessor, but the 5C received a completely different body made of colored polycarbonate - white, blue, pink, yellow and green.
The company introduced the flagship Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro in early September at the IFA 2014 in Berlin. The device received a 4000 mAh battery, 3 GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal. The display is 6 inches with a resolution of 2560x1440 pixels, while it occupies 85% of the entire front surface of the smartphone. LG G3 has this indicator, for example, only 79%. The Vibe Z2 Pro weighs 179 grams - the same as a 5.7-inch Samsung Galazy Note 4.
In 2014, BlackBerry began selling the Passport smartphone , a huge square gadget that has a QWERTY keyboard in addition to the 4.5-inch display. Screen - 1440x1440 pixels, 13 and 2 megapixel cameras, RAM - 3 GB, internal - 32 GB plus microSD support up to 64 GB.
The Lenovo Vibe X2 case is made of three layers of plastic, which allows you to mix colors. Case thickness - 7.27 mm. The processor is an eight-core MediaTek MTK6595MBig with a frequency of 2 GHz and LTE support. And the screen is small - only 5 inches with a resolution of 1920x1080 inches.
At IFA 2014, the gadget received the title of “Best Flagship on Android”.
Apple introduced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on September 9, 2014. The diagonal of the displays is 4.7 and 5.5 inches, respectively, which made fans of the brand, who previously called smartphones of this size on Android “shovels,” reduce the number of jokes on this topic. Now Apple has its own phablet, which you can "dig out of a snowdrift."
Once, everything was not very expensive. Here you can put a mean male tear.
In 2014, Samsung released 56 smartphone models, but received 49% less revenue than in 2013. And it decided to reduce the line by one third . The Korean company competed simultaneously in several price segments - it fought for the premium with the Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and for the budget with the Chinese Xiaomi and Huawei.
On March 1, 2015, at the Mobile World Congress 2015 , HTC showed a 5-inch HTC One M9 smartphone with a Fulll HD screen, sales began on April 10 of the same year. Among the flowers is gold.
There is 32 GB of internal memory, 3 GB of RAM, a microSD slot up to 128 GB, a 20-megapixel main and 4-megapixel front camera. The smartphone is built on the basis of an eight-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, Adreno 430 is responsible for the video.
Pay attention to the stripes on the case.
In August 2015, IDC published this data on the division of the smartphone market by manufacturers. Moto share data added to Lenovo column.
On September 2, 2015 in Berlin, Lenovo introduced more than 80 products, including two Lenovo Phab and Lenovo Phab Plus phablets. Jeff Meredith, vice president of the company, began his Phab Plus presentation by asking how often do we use a telephone for calls? Personally, I hold the gadget horizontally, because I mostly watch TV shows in transport. Or the smartphone is on the desktop - again horizontally - and shows any videos.
The result of the work of the mobile division of Lenovo was Lenovo Phab Plus with a FullHD-display with a diagonal of 6.8 inches. And it can be called huge - just like a 4.3-inch screen was called huge a few years ago. Friends laugh at me, but as a recent poll showed, among users of Geektimes I am not the only fan of huge screens. And yes, the Phab Plus fits nicely in a jeans pocket, and I find it convenient to hold it with one hand.
What about the characteristics: Phab Plus received a Qualcomm MSM8939 1.5 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of permanent memory, two SIM card slots - you can put microSD up to 64 GB in one of them, 13 and 5 megapixel cameras and sound with Dolby Atmos technology. Battery - 3500 mAh. The phone belongs to the budget - the price at the time of sales was 299 euros.
On October 20, 2015, HTC officially introduced the HTC One A9 smartphone with an eight-core 1.5 GHz ARM 64-bit processor. The user can choose from options with 2 and 3 gigabytes of RAM, 16 and 32 GB of internal.
The smartphone was immediately dubbed the clone of the iPhone 6, although with a close look at previous HTC models, the design can be called evolutionary.
At IFA 2015 in Berlin, Huawei introduced the Mate S - a 5.5-inch smartphone with a fingerprint scanner and touch-sensitive touch screen technology - the Chinese company ahead of Apple. At the presentation, Huawei weighed oranges on a smartphone.
September 10, 2015 Apple introduced the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. Gadgets received 4.7 and 5.5-inch screens, respectively, and the 3D Touch system - the screen began to recognize the force of pressing.
In the 4th quarter of 2015, Samsung held the largest market share - 21.4%. Apple is in second place with 18.7%. Lenovo, after acquiring Motorola’s mobile division from Google, took 3rd place with 5.1% of the market, ahead of Huawei with 8.1%. Young Xiaomi moved to 5th place - for a while this manufacturer occupied the third line .
Note: we are talking about the number of shipped smartphones.
In the comments, please share your memories and provide links to your own reviews.
If the article lacks a specific model, please write about it in the comments with the image. So we will make the “Evolution” more complete.
LG Optimus 2X P990
At the end of 2010, LG introduced the LG Optimus 2X, and in early 2011, it began selling this smartphone, a follower of the LG Optimus One. The model was the first smartphone with a dual-core processor - Tegra 2 with a frequency of 1 GHz. At the time of launch, it was the most powerful smartphone in the Russian market.
The device received 512 megabytes of RAM and 8 gigabytes of internal memory, as well as microSD support up to 32 gigabytes. The device screen is 4-inch with a resolution of 800x480 pixels. Camera - 8 megapixels with LED flash.
Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-i9100)
February 13, 2011 at the Mobile World Congress announced the Samsung Galaxy S II. The size of the display compared to its predecessor has increased - from 4 to 4.3 inches with a resolution of 800x480 pixels. The smartphone received a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor 1200 MHz, 1 gigabyte of RAM and 16 gigabytes of internal memory, as well as microSD support. Camera - 8 megapixels.
And not without jokes in the direction of Apple.
HTC Wildfire S
February 15, 2011 at the Mobile World Congress, HTC announced WIldfire S. This is a smartphone with 512 MB of RAM and 512 MB of flash memory, with support for memory cards up to 32 GB, a 3.2-inch TFT LCD display of 320x480 pixels, a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash. The device is equipped with Qualcomm 7227-1 600 MHz and an Adreno 200 video processor.
Samsung Galaxy Note
At the IFA in Berlin in September 2011, Samsung introduced the phablet (or cover, if you like) Galaxy Note. The diagonal of its SuperAMOLED screen is 5.3 inches, the resolution is 1280x800 pixels. The processor is a dual-core 1.4 GHz. The 8-megapixel camera can record Full HD video, recognizes a face and a smile, and has an LED flash. RAM - 1 GB, internal - 16 or 32 GB. And now the iron seems pretty decent.
And the device received the stylus S Pen, which is very important.
“Perhaps I will show myself to K.O., but while the smartphone fits into the front pockets and does not interfere with the owner, while it is convenient to hold it with one hand, I see no reason to limit the screen size. The larger it is, the more convenient it is to work on a smartphone, ” wrote the user Geektimes in the review .
And so Samsung joked with Apple with its lines. Apple fans watched this video and probably laughed at the S Pen, because the stylus is a stone age.
iPhone 4S
October 4, 2011 Apple introduced the iPhone 4S . The changes did not affect the design, but the device received a dual-core mobile processor A5. The gadget supports HSDPA + mobile transmission at speeds up to 14.4 megabits per second.
HTC One V
In April 2012, HTC began selling One V with a small 3.7-inch screen. This Android 4.0 smartphone had only 4 GB of internal memory and 512 RAM.
But now is not about that: pay attention to the back wall of the device, the insert at the bottom of the case and the oval around the camera at the top. The device inherited the curved body and inserts from its predecessor - HTC Legend.
HTC One X
February 27, 2012 HTC in Barcelona told One X - I think this is the best smartphone from this company. It was her first smartphone based on a quad-core processor, with Android 4.2.2 on board, the HTC Sense 5.0 interface. The phone had an 8-megapixel camera and software with a huge number of filters, allowing you to take great photos. RAM - 1 GB, and 32 GB - built-in, without microSD support. In the reviews of those years, the 4.7-inch display of the smartphone was called "large" and "huge."
LG Optimus LTE2
LG was the first to launch a smartphone with a dual-core Tegra 2 processor, then the first to launch a smartphone with a quad-core processor and the first Android smartphone with a 3D display and a 3D camera. And in May 2012 - also the first smartphone with 2 gigabytes of RAM - the next few years, most of the expensive smartphones had just so much RAM.
Lenovo LePhone K800
On May 30, 2012, Lenovo introduced its first smartphone with an Intel processor. Lenovo LePhone K800 got a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, 4.5-inch screen, 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory, 8 MP main and 1.3 MP front cameras.
iPhone 5
In September 2012, Apple showed the world an iPhone 5 with a 4-inch display. For the first time, Apple enlarged the screen - before that, the owners of apple smartphones were proud of “ideal proportions with a 3.5-inch display”, which allows you to reach your finger with one thumb to any edge. And now the iPhone has begun to support LTE. The review is on Geektimes .
HTC First
HTC announced HTC First in April 2013. It was the first Android smartphone with an interface from Facebook instead of the usual HTC Sense shell manufacturer. The idea with the facebookphone failed - the AT&T operator sold about fifteen thousand gadgets and refused to renew the contract. The smartphone was sold in several colors. The ends of the device are rounded.
iPhone 5c
September 10, 2013 Apple introduced the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. Externally, the 5S is not much different from its predecessor, but the 5C received a completely different body made of colored polycarbonate - white, blue, pink, yellow and green.
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro
The company introduced the flagship Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro in early September at the IFA 2014 in Berlin. The device received a 4000 mAh battery, 3 GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal. The display is 6 inches with a resolution of 2560x1440 pixels, while it occupies 85% of the entire front surface of the smartphone. LG G3 has this indicator, for example, only 79%. The Vibe Z2 Pro weighs 179 grams - the same as a 5.7-inch Samsung Galazy Note 4.
Blackberry passport
In 2014, BlackBerry began selling the Passport smartphone , a huge square gadget that has a QWERTY keyboard in addition to the 4.5-inch display. Screen - 1440x1440 pixels, 13 and 2 megapixel cameras, RAM - 3 GB, internal - 32 GB plus microSD support up to 64 GB.
Lenovo Vibe X2
The Lenovo Vibe X2 case is made of three layers of plastic, which allows you to mix colors. Case thickness - 7.27 mm. The processor is an eight-core MediaTek MTK6595MBig with a frequency of 2 GHz and LTE support. And the screen is small - only 5 inches with a resolution of 1920x1080 inches.
At IFA 2014, the gadget received the title of “Best Flagship on Android”.
iPhone 6
Apple introduced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on September 9, 2014. The diagonal of the displays is 4.7 and 5.5 inches, respectively, which made fans of the brand, who previously called smartphones of this size on Android “shovels,” reduce the number of jokes on this topic. Now Apple has its own phablet, which you can "dig out of a snowdrift."
Once, everything was not very expensive. Here you can put a mean male tear.
Samsung in 2014
In 2014, Samsung released 56 smartphone models, but received 49% less revenue than in 2013. And it decided to reduce the line by one third . The Korean company competed simultaneously in several price segments - it fought for the premium with the Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and for the budget with the Chinese Xiaomi and Huawei.
HTC One M9
On March 1, 2015, at the Mobile World Congress 2015 , HTC showed a 5-inch HTC One M9 smartphone with a Fulll HD screen, sales began on April 10 of the same year. Among the flowers is gold.
There is 32 GB of internal memory, 3 GB of RAM, a microSD slot up to 128 GB, a 20-megapixel main and 4-megapixel front camera. The smartphone is built on the basis of an eight-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, Adreno 430 is responsible for the video.
Pay attention to the stripes on the case.
Separation of the smartphone market by vendors
In August 2015, IDC published this data on the division of the smartphone market by manufacturers. Moto share data added to Lenovo column.
Lenovo Phab Plus
On September 2, 2015 in Berlin, Lenovo introduced more than 80 products, including two Lenovo Phab and Lenovo Phab Plus phablets. Jeff Meredith, vice president of the company, began his Phab Plus presentation by asking how often do we use a telephone for calls? Personally, I hold the gadget horizontally, because I mostly watch TV shows in transport. Or the smartphone is on the desktop - again horizontally - and shows any videos.
The result of the work of the mobile division of Lenovo was Lenovo Phab Plus with a FullHD-display with a diagonal of 6.8 inches. And it can be called huge - just like a 4.3-inch screen was called huge a few years ago. Friends laugh at me, but as a recent poll showed, among users of Geektimes I am not the only fan of huge screens. And yes, the Phab Plus fits nicely in a jeans pocket, and I find it convenient to hold it with one hand.
What about the characteristics: Phab Plus received a Qualcomm MSM8939 1.5 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of permanent memory, two SIM card slots - you can put microSD up to 64 GB in one of them, 13 and 5 megapixel cameras and sound with Dolby Atmos technology. Battery - 3500 mAh. The phone belongs to the budget - the price at the time of sales was 299 euros.
HTC One A9
On October 20, 2015, HTC officially introduced the HTC One A9 smartphone with an eight-core 1.5 GHz ARM 64-bit processor. The user can choose from options with 2 and 3 gigabytes of RAM, 16 and 32 GB of internal.
The smartphone was immediately dubbed the clone of the iPhone 6, although with a close look at previous HTC models, the design can be called evolutionary.
Huawei Mate S
At IFA 2015 in Berlin, Huawei introduced the Mate S - a 5.5-inch smartphone with a fingerprint scanner and touch-sensitive touch screen technology - the Chinese company ahead of Apple. At the presentation, Huawei weighed oranges on a smartphone.
iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus
September 10, 2015 Apple introduced the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. Gadgets received 4.7 and 5.5-inch screens, respectively, and the 3D Touch system - the screen began to recognize the force of pressing.
Separation of the smartphone market by manufacturers at the end of 2015
In the 4th quarter of 2015, Samsung held the largest market share - 21.4%. Apple is in second place with 18.7%. Lenovo, after acquiring Motorola’s mobile division from Google, took 3rd place with 5.1% of the market, ahead of Huawei with 8.1%. Young Xiaomi moved to 5th place - for a while this manufacturer occupied the third line .
Note: we are talking about the number of shipped smartphones.